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Posted - 2014.04.08 11:09:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:It is technically possible to use a lag switch in DUST. Just like it's technically possible to wear a high visibility vest in a sniper duel. You CAN do it, but it's a stupid idea.
In a practical sense, nobody with half a brain and any knowledge of netcode will use a lag switch because it doesn't provide any benefit, and instead gives everyone else a whole lot of free chances to find and kill you while you're using it. Just like in a practical sense, trying to duel a sniper while you're practically glowing orange or yellow will result in a bullet in your head while the guy in a ghillie suit is invisible in the bushes.
DUST isn't 100% without any lag switchers, because there are some pretty stupid people out there. But you don't have to worry about people using one to cheat, because any lag switcher will just make themselves an easy target for you to slaughter instead of giving themselves an advantage.
Garrett the problem with such statement is that we don't know how is lag compensation resolved server side. I'm in EU and I've seen some wonky stuff happening when US/Asia people join EU server and run their Rail Rifles from 60+ meters. In CQC they are teleporting right and left, not accepting damage and wrecking you with their L weapons. In medium to max distance you get a single hit marker and then kill screen shows something like your maximum + 100 hp damage. This happens throughout the match from the same group of reds. And funny thing is that everything runs great on your end, your console is cold, your internet connection is only used by you, your squad moves without hiccup, some of the reds ("assumed lower latency") are moving and getting damage normally. But those "assumed higher latency" guys are special.
So it sometimes seems that the game designers chose insane lag compensation settings.
Or region selection switch in options is busted and I get to a higher latency servers than before.
Or both, I guess.
Also to be honest I can't even check what is my current ping to battle servers, as their addresses have been redacted from the forums. But I had this when my ping was <46ms at all times.
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